Episode 157: Bing Bang Bong!

Last episode were very excited to tear into Bounding Fire Production's latest masterpiece, Poland in Flames. Chock full of gorgeous maps and counters, scads of exciting and enticing scenarios, vehicle and historical notes, and more, this massive ASL module was too big to fit into one show. So we return to it here and discuss one of the fine articles contained in the accompanying Poland in Flames magazine, Pyromania. It's guaranteed (figuratively) to warm your cockles (literally).

We would like to apologize here in writing to all Martians, Big Foots, Australopithecines and all fine persons of Korean heritage.

We proud to have Ritterkrieg as the sponsor for this episode. You can purchase many fine Advanced Squad Leader products, including Poland in Flames.

SHOW TIMES

1:00 Banter

20:12 Letters 

40:00 The article Pyromania: Fire in ASL from Poland in Flames

1:16:00 West Coast Melee Ad (actually it is a Kublacon Ad, we made a mistake)

1:17:00 Total Running Time

LINKS
King's Spa
So Cal West Coast Melee (plan to attend next year)
Rich Spilky's ASL Player Aid Charts

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Episode 156: Bongos in Flames

Greetings all you hep (not HIP) cat fellow ASLer's! It's time to park the lead sled, stop quail hunting and instead focus your audio on our far out offering. We've got a really cool show today that's guaranteed to give you bright disease. We start our usual off-the-cob chit chat accompanied by Jeff on his cool bongos. It's slated for crashville until Daddy-o Dave whips out his copy of Poland in Flames from Bounding Fire Productions. This thing is bigger than Kerouac so listen up if you want to know your groceries. We don't blab any drab gab here. We patter what matters. No squares allowed. You dig?

Then join the PAASL Club as they recount their scenarios played with some after action reports, including a thorough discussion of ASL35 Blazin' Chariots and Food Fight from The Journal.

Oh yeah, and be sure to head over to RitterKrieg and spend a yard on ASL goods. No hanging paper please.

And hey, when you're done listening to this episode of The 2 Half-Squads, check out our new podcast, Spine and Sprocket a book and movie review program. There will be a lot of military history and war films, but also some sci-fi and fantasy as the mood hits us. 

SHOWTIMES
1:00 New Podcast Announcement
6:00 Bongo Banter
15:30 What's in the Box?
46:00 West Coast Melee Ad
48:00 PAASL After Action Report and Scenario Analysis
1:16:51 Total Running Time




LINKS
Beatnik Slang
Ritterkrieg
Bounding Fire Productions
Poland in Flames
Spine and Sprocket Podcast


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Episode 155: Einhundert-Funfty-Funf

This is the episode in which we prove we are not averse to the bizarre. We open with some general chatter and then dive into a few fascinating letters, both the email and the call-in kind. Share our excitement as we open Action Pack 12 - Oktoberfest XXX and explore the board and the scenarios therein. Can you ever have too many Action Packs?....mmm maybe. Either way, there does seem to be a plethora of new Advanced Squad Leader products hitting the market this year, like Poland in Flames, Yanks, AP's, WO's, ASL Journal 11,  and oh, so many more, that we will be quite busy in 2016 here in the podcast foxhole. We hope you will join us.

SHOW TIMES
1:00 Chatter
11:25 Letters the Gmail Kind
23:30 Letters The Call-in Kind
28:15 Advanced Squad Leader Action Pack 12 Oktoberfest XXX
40:00 Terrain Time (finally finishing buildings)
1:15:00 Total Running Time

LINKS
War College Class Game Design Videos
Girls Und Panzer
West Coast Melee 

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Episode 154: Nearly Grump Free

No one likes a grump! To celebrate the New Year we resolved to do away with all them negative waves and turn over a new leaf. So for this episode we try to keep it on the positive side -- and we mostly succeed.

Skip merrily along with us as we cull some excellent tips from ASL Journal 3 that are guaranteed to improve your game. Well, for them to do that you would have to actually remember and use them.

Ding dong the grump is missing.

SHOW TIMES
:02 Russian Berserkers Song (Lyrics by Dennis Donovan)
13:20 What Have You Been Playing Lately?
27:00 What's in Box?
1:09:55 Total Running Time


LINKS
Devil Pig Games
Girls Und Panzer
Game Design 101 Institute Videos
Ritter Krieg Games

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Episode 153: Jabo! Or Do You Say Yaybo?

Happy New Year! We welcome in 2016 with a look at the 2nd Edition of The Scenario Designer's Handbook by Michael Dorosh. It is quite the impressive collection of information to help you design you own ASL scenario or simply to use as a reference guide for many aspects of the world's greatest game. Not content with one What's in the Box?, we also examine Journal 3 -- the first half anyway -- another bursting trove of articles, scenarios, and tips.

You say that's not enough ASL for you, Bunky? Well . . .

. . . for some hardcore Advanced Squad Leader stuff you can join Dave and Tom as they play and dissect (to the best of their limited abilities) ASL Scenario G41 Jabo!

Game on bros and gros.

SHOW TIMES 
0:00 Hakkaa Paalle Song (Lyrics by Dennis Donovan)
1:30 New Year Jabber
13:00  What's in the Box?
21:00 Mayhem in Manilla Advert
25:50 Ritter Krieg Advert (free shipping on your ASL purchases)
28:25  What's in the Box? (Again!)
59:00 Jabo! Scenario Analysis (ze plane, ze plane)
1:23:55 Total Running Time

LINKS
Ritter Krieg Games
Mayhem in Manilla Tourny
Scenario Designers Handbook 
Great Shots of Cheneux Bridge at Cardboard Warriors

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Episode 152: Holiday Hooligans

We must have made it on the Nice list.
Look at the ultra-cool coasters created by Rich Fulcher.

Welcome to a happy holiday ho ho show. We start things off by clearing out the mailbox. With all that snow we had problems getting down the driveway and we sure let the mail pile up. Drum roll please as we use random selection to decide the winners of the latest contest -- yes the one with all the really big prizes. Dave and Jeff recount their various wins (Dave) and losses (Jeff) in the games they have played recently. Rich Spilky relates an incredible account of an incredible game in our newest segment, "Crazy ASL Stories".

Peace, friends.

SHOW TIMES 
2:30 Banter
16:00  Letters 
33:00 And the Winners Are . . .
39:00 What'cha Been Losing Lately?
58:00 Crazy ASL Stories

This episode features tiny clips from Mannheim Steamroller's Christmas, and the Narada Christmas Collection

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